Buying a property

Louis Christopher gives us an insight as to how he measures the market. He has noticed a decline in vacancies in some areas. He talks about what this means and looks at individual markets and what he is watching closely.
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Kevin: As we track the market,...

Nhan Nguyen is a very smart and successful investor and he joins us to talk about how he finds ‘off market properties’. He says they fall into 2 categories and you need to know the difference because it will help you secure the property.
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Kevin: One of...

A common question asked by investors is whether to rent their investment property furnished or unfurnished. Brad Beer looks at how furniture can impact depreciation in terms of the deductions which can be claimed, the assets investors may not be aware will be classified as...

Shannon Davis defines the difference between having a strategy and looking for a tax benefit. He says many investors get confused and why one is a strategy and the other is an outcome. He talks about the 4 main areas of returns.
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Kevin: Quite often, we see...

Nearly one in every two buyers looking for a new home are currently armed with a property report and increasingly, banks and mortgage brokers are providing their clients with property valuation data to help them get ‘buyer ready’. But how much security does a property...

The country’s best auctioneer (winner of the Australasian auctioneering competition), Justin Nickerson spends time with us to tells us how to avoid bidding wars at auction.
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Kevin: I’m joined now by Auctioneer of the Year for Australasia, the best auctioneer in Australia and New Zealand as...

At this time of year, we always like to look back on the lessons from the year almost gone and try to predict what will happen in the year ahead with property prices. That’s the mission we gave to Simon Pressley and we find out...

One of the metrics closely followed by real estate agents is how long people will stay in property. This is an indicator for when people are likely to sell. But there are some suburbs the people simply do not want to leave. Nicola McDougall tells...

If you are considering putting property into a self managed superannuation fund, then you won’t want to miss the series of articles inside the latest edition of Your Investment Property magazine. We discuss the pros and cons with Damian Collins who’s quoted in this excellent...